Hunting

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says hunting deer with crossbows is becoming more popular, even as the overall number of hunters is slightly declining. Survey results announced Tuesday show the number of...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — In Michigan, where gray wolves were designated as game animals just months after they were removed from the endangered species list in 2012, animal welfare activists are trying a new tactic: taking their case against...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The 2012 firearm deer hunting season harvest in Michigan appears similar to that of the 2011 season or up slightly, officials said. The state Department of Natural Resources released a preliminary assessment on Thursday...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana hunters will be able to take advantage of an extra deer hunting season this year. The 12-day antlerless deer season begins Wednesday in counties with high densities of deer. That includes most of the state's 92...

LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a hunter who apparently was asphyxiated by fumes from a propane heater he was using to heat his van in West Michigan. The Mason County sheriff's department says 54-year-old Richard...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hunters have taken to the field across Michigan with the opening of the state's 16-day firearm deer season, but with limits for hunters across much of the southern part of the Lower Peninsula. Hunters in that part of the state...

CASS COUNTY -- Firearm deer season begins Thursday in Michigan and Saturday in Indiana. But this year, hunters are expected to see fewer deer because of a disease that's killed thousands. The disease is called epizootic hemorrhagic disease -- or EHD....

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three pilots flying together to a federal safety conference died when their single-engine plane faltered in midair and crashed into a house that went up in flames. The three men had just taken off from Hawkins Field Airport in...

ROCHESTER – A Bremen man was airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital after a serious deer hunting accident. Indiana conservation officers say 69-year-old Bill Hundt was hunting from an elevated tree stand and fell 16 feet to the ground. It happened...

SEYMOUR, Ind. (AP) — Indiana wildlife officials are asking deer hunters in four counties to kill any deer with a yellow tag in its ear in an effort to prevent the spread of a disease that has ravaged deer populations in other states. The deer being...

SHOALS, Ind. (AP) — Police say a deer hunter was injured on the ground for about four hours before a hunting partner found him in the southern Indiana woods. State conservation officers say 46-year-old Randy Scott of Lebanon was in stable condition...

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — Have you spent your life hunting for the perfect wife? Maybe you have met the one but are feeling gun shy? An Iowa jeweler is offering free rifles for husbands-to-be who spend at least $1,999 on an engagement ring at...